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Facebook Brings Home the Beacon
Facebook had its share of controversy late last year as a result of its Beacon advertising model. Basically what Beacon did was…
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Microsoft Ditches Seinfeld for “Phase Two”
Despite people trying to convince me that the Microsoft Seinfeld ad campaign was indeed funny after I (and a pretty good-sized percentage of bloggers and online journalists) bashed the initial one, Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on Seinfeld. Let me say right off, I don't blame Seinfeld for the ads being lame.
IBM Gets More Social Than Ever
IBM has opened a social software research center dedicated to helping customers and partners better collaborate on a global scale. The center is headquartered at Cambridge, and staff will work closely with university faculty and students, as well as corporate partners.
Powerset Finds Its Way Into Live Search
Powerset, a search engine, which was once touted as a "Google Killer", and was sold to Microsoft for $100 million a couple months ago, is now being integrated into Microsoft's Live Search results (at least to a limited extent).
Hackers Copy Palin’s Yahoo E-mail
In a blow to the republican vice presidential candidate’s privacy, hackers have taken over and copied all the e-mails out of Governor Palins e-mail account on Yahoo. The best part is that no one knows if the account was hacked via a Yahoo Zero day or a bad password choice.
eBay Leading Paid Search Term
The leading U.S. paid search term in August 2008 was "ebay", receiving .12 percent of paid clicks among all Web sites according to Hitwise.The top organic search term was "myspace" which received 3.10 percent of organic clicks in August.
